Improvement in nozzles for cans



G. H. CHINNOCK.

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Patented June 27,1876,

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Nrrrm GEORGE H. OHINNOOK, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN NQZZLES FOR CANS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 179,267, dated June 27,1.876; application filed February 7, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. OHINNOCK, of the city of Brooklyn, in thecounty of Kings and State of New York, have invented certainImprovements in Nozzles for Boxes, Cans, Packages, 850., of which thefollowing is a specification:

This invention is designed for use upon tin cans, boxes, small sacks orpouches, &c., designed for holding liquid or dry materials. Theinvention comprises a novel combination of a solid-top sheet-metalnozzle, with a swiveled leaf or section attached to the upper partthereof, whereby the nozzle, when in use upon a can, box, or package maybe kept hermetically sealed as may be required during storage ortransportation, and be afterward easily opened by means of a knife orother implement to permit access to or egress of the contents of thecan, box, or package, after which the nozzle may be temporarily closedby turning the swiveled leaf or section over the opening 'made in thesolid top of the nozzle, as just set forth.

Figure l is a plan or top view of a nozzle made according to myinvention when constructed with a nozzle having a solid top, andhermetically closed for storage or transportation. Fig. 2 is also a planview of my said invention, showing the same with the top of thesolid-top nozzle perforated or provided with an opening to afford accessto or egress of the contents of the vessel to which the nozzle isapplied. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the same.

A indicates the surface of the can, box, or

' package to which the nozzle may be attached in any suitable way. ThebodyB of the nozzle is of circular form, as more plainly indicated inFigs. 1 and 2, and is of sheet metal, spun or otherwise brought to therequisite shape. (J is the top of the nozzle, and is formed of acircular plate of tin or other sheet metal, the edges of which areinserted or embedded in the groove a, provided internally at the upperedge of the body B. This groove a, being formed in the inner side of anexternal rib or head, I), spun or turned upon the upper edge of the bodyB. D is a leaf or section of circular form, corresponding to that of thebody B of the nozzle. The circular circumference of this leaf is turnedover the rib I) just hereinbefore described, as indicated more plainlyin Fig. 3. This fitting of the periphery c of the leaf or section D overthe rib b attaches the leaf to the body B of the nozzle, and, the onebeing concentric with the other, permits the leaf to be turned aroundupon said body, provided the lapping of the periphery of the leaf is notso snugly made as to prevent, by friction, the turning of the leaf uponthe body B, the leaf, by the means just herein described, being thusswiveled upon the'bodyB. The leaf or section D has nearly one-half cutaway, one side of the opening thus made being straight across at or nearthe center of said leaf, as shown at, a, while the opposite side of saidopening is semicircular, as indicated at b concentric with thecircumference of the leaf. When the deviceis constructed as shown inFigs. 1 and 3, the top 0 is solid, hermetically closing the nozzle,while the leaf D remains in position ready to be used as soon as aperforation or opening shall be made in the aforesaid solid top of thenozzle. When it is required to have access to or to take from thecontents of the package or vessel to which the nozzle is applied, anopening may be made in the top 0, as shown at d, in Fig. 2. This openingmaybe made by means of a knife or other suitable instrument, and may bemore or less rude or irregular in contour. An opening being thusprovided in the top 0, it is of course desirable to temporarily closethe same when such opening is not required for access to or for theescape of the contents of the vessel or package. This closure of theopening is obtained by simply turning the leaf or section D around untilit is brought over said opening, and of course snugly and closely coversthe same. The just herein previously described construction of myimproved nozzle may be adopted for ves sels containingliquid orsemi-liquidsubstances. When the nozzle is to be used upon boxes orpackages containing dry materials, as, for example, upon small sacks orpouches of granulated tobacco, the nozzle is by preference originallyconstructed with an opening in its top, as represented in Fig. 2. It ispreferred that this opening should be of semicircular form, the rear ofthe opening being somewhat The nozzle for cans, boxes, and packages,constructed with the solid top (3, in combination with a swiveled andapertured leaf or section attached to the top orupper part thereof,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

GEO. H. OHINNOCK.

Witnesses J. A. WHITNEY, W. E. OHAFFEE.

